Facing President Trump’s intensified climate rollback, states have emerged as the bulwark—recommitting to emission reductions, suing for constitutional principles, and challenging unprecedented executive overreach.
Rural Energy Cooperatives should utilize this under-discussed program within the Inflation Reduction Act to build clean energy infrastructure, lower costs, and combat persistent rural poverty.
Though the Supreme Court turned down an opportunity to decide whether state-level climate change lawsuits are preempted by federal law, the justices’ significant and recurring interest in the underlying question as well as the magnitude of what’s at stake for defendants make it likely that the question will return to the Court in the coming years.
New York has made it a mission to reduce its state’s negative climate impact. However, in working toward this goal, many resent the change associated with new climate initiatives – particularly those impacting their wallets.
California’s inmate-firefighters save the state millions of dollars battling wildfires, but face low pay and enhanced risks. Reforms for fair wages, safer conditions, and better pathways for post-release job opportunities are long overdue.
Different levels of government can use legislation to support tree restoration efforts. The ability of trees to combat different environmental harms underscores the importance of legislatively backed initiatives.
Trump spent his first day in office issuing a series of executive orders reversing the Biden administration’s policies on climate change and energy. As Trump retreats from global climate cooperation, is the U.S. falling out of step with the rest of the world?
As climate change worsens, so does its toll on Americans’ wallets.
Current attempts to address the desiccation of the Great Salt Lake are inadequate and will result in enormous environmental harm—putting more than 2.5 million Utahns in danger.
In Washington, Native Tribes fought for decades in court for their treaty right to fish. Their efforts have greatly impacted how salmon are managed in the state today.
